By RonM, on October 13th, 2009
Maybe its the rainy day here in Newburyport, but I realize that we’re coming to the end of summer growing season and figuring out ways to eat local without fresh from the field products. So what can a locavore do? Here are a few ideas: Patronize the winter markets in our region, like Portsmouth, Exeter, and [...]
By RonM, on October 12th, 2009
Happy Columbus Day. Funny how icons are raised and then smashed in our culture. Frankly, I’m happy that Europeans came to America and that all our families can enjoy the blessings of Fall in New England. We’re going with 5 grandkids today to do some apple picking at Applecrest in Hampton Falls – a convenient [...]
By RonM, on October 1st, 2009
“Culinary Tourism” is a trendy term amongst travel and tourism marketeers. For them its about learning what aspects of the local food culture attracts people to a given region or city and then promoting those attractions to a target set of travelers.
‘Why’?, you ask, ‘does LFN care about whether visitors come from out of town, or [...]